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North Parallel
Cold-weather engineering from the 45th parallel
- Founded
- 2016
- Based in
- Harbin, CN
- Products
- 2
- Minimum order value
- €4,000
Manifesto
“Warmth is a measurement, not an adjective. Every piece ships with its fill power and its tested comfort range.”
Story
Harbin sits at the same latitude as Milan but drops to −25 °C in January. North Parallel builds for that gap: down and technical outerwear designed by people who test it outdoors, in winter, because they have no choice.
Designer
Zhao Yan
Founder, technical design
A materials engineer before a designer. Zhao spent six years at an outdoor manufacturer developing baffle construction, and still writes the brand's test protocols.
Atelier
Down filling and assembly in the brand's own facility in Harbin, 34 staff. Shell fabrics woven in Japan and Korea.
Harbin Facility
Harbin, CN
Down filling, taping and assembly. 34 staff, RDS-certified supply chain.
Materials
800 fill-power grey goose down
RDS certified, traceable to farm level.
Origin: CN
10D ripstop nylon
Woven in Japan, 3-layer DWR without PFAS.
Origin: JP
Certifications
- Responsible Down Standard · Textile Exchange · 2024
- bluesign approved fabric · bluesign · 2023
Commitments
PFAS-free
No per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in any finish since 2023.
Published test data
Comfort range and fill power measured by an independent lab, printed on the label.
Collections
Products
Press
- Cold Weather JournalTested at −25 °C2025-01-29
B2B
Source Asian designers for your store, with European terms.
- Minimum order value
- €4,000
- Minimum order
- 10
- Lead time
- 90 days
Pre-order only, two windows per year. 40 % deposit.
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